Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-22
BASE BALL.
HOW A KNOw-TT-ALL FELL OVER HIN
SELF.
Bucksubsrgr 70 Manage the Wheeling Team
StsplsOu and Rhine 10 Come
With Him

Daring the past and eheckered season OF
the Ohio League Base Ball Association the
young man who was allowed to roam over
the sporting columns Of the Ohio State
Journal, went ,,on the motto of his fellow
townsman, "claim everything with con-
fidence and conceed nothing" The editor
of this column in our esteemd contemPor-
airy must have imbibed Of Ponce de Icons
fountain of youth without gathering the
flowers of wisdom that grew by the way
side, however much he has affected that
superiority.
All through the base ball season his au-
tocratic emanations have amused the press
When the Columbus team would win 1t
was glori6ed. When it would loose
it was claimed that the "stars in
their courses fought against Cesera." AT
the beginning Of the season this Know
All claimed that the pennant would surely
float in Ohil, and that the Columbus team
would gObble it. This claim was made
when any decent amateur club could shut
ont the boosted pennant winners. Every
club that played in Columbus was treated
with sort of sufferance that was not only
amusing to themselves but hilariously
humorous to those on the outside-notn-
ing, according to the Journal base ball
editor, could beat Columbus except
night of debauch with the worst whiskey
--drugged
THE FUNNIEST OF ALL.
This sort of base ball editing has been
allowed ON the State Journal all through
the season, but the greatest amusement
was created when the great claimer the
other day said that Buckenberger would
manage the Columbus club, and that the
nine would include Stapleton, Rhue, Van
SAINT. Nicholson, McCann, Fuller and
Flanagan. Now follows the sequel. This
is from the Columbus State Journal OF Fri
day, October 81:
1.-THE Directors of the Columbus Base
Ball Club met yesterday and elected James
Curry manager of the team for next year.
! Mr.. Curry was sent telegram annOunc-
ing the fact and he replied at l O'Clock &C
cepting the position. This election was
considerable Of surprise, as it was thought
| UD 10 1ueSudN ludl n ~.
would be the manager for next year. 1t
is known that both Wheeling and Column
| bus were after Mr.. Buckenberger, and
Monday noon everything looked favorable
for Columbus getting him. Tuesday
morning the State Journal announced the
fact that Mr.. Buckenberger would prob
ably come here and gave the team that he
would have. 1t was then stated that
some members of the team named would
90 with Mr.. Buckenberger wherever he
should 90, as he had personal understand
! iugs with them to that effect. Tuesday
| Mr.. J. J. Jennings, secretary of the club,
received telegram from Mr.. Buckenberg-
er, saying: MANY thanks for your kind
offer, but cannot see my way clear to
accept" This, of course, settled the mat
ter, and the loss of Mr.. Buckenberger Oc-
casioned the loss Of Ed Stapleton, W.
Fuller, T. Flanagan and Dick Yansant.
This is to be regretted, for they are all
fine players and stand at the top in every
requirement. The direc tors and base ball
enthusiasts admit this and without excep-
ton pronounce the team as given in the
| State Journal fine one. But as the loss
of the players mentioned cannot be helped
the next best thing is to take what can be
secured, and the directors claim they can
get Just as good men, and will surely have
pennant winners. A majority of the team
given Tuesday morning will probably be
secured anyhow, and it will form nucleus
for good nine"
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER.
The fact of the matter is that Mr. Buck
eaberger was spoken for" long before the
Columbus club had any idea OF him. Mr..
Curry is a good man, and it is hoped that
out of the wreck of clubs and the crash OF
teams he may secure nine men who really
can play ball This much, however, must
be credited to the Columbus management
they wanted Crogan and couldn't get
him, as the following item from the State
Journal will show
IAN effort was made to get Jack Crogan
of Wheeling, but a telegram was received
from him last night saying he had signed
with Chicago probably the new Chicago
team"
The Wheeling club has only gone as far
as signing Mr.. A. c. Buckenberger, of
kalamazoo, as Manager, and Stapleton
and Rhue, of the same club. Mr.. John
Crogan, formerly captain OF the Wheeling
nine, has signed, as stated above, with the
new Chicago nine Of the Northwestern
League. Other members Of the nine have
received offers, but have not yet concluded
to ileave home"